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Protagonist Pictures: This chilling fable about the rise of fascism in the 20th Century tells the story of a young American boy living in France in 1918 whose father is working for the US government on the creation of the Treaty of Versailles. What he witnesses helps to mould his beliefs – and we witness the birth of a terrifying ego.

Loosely inspired by the early childhood experiences of many of the great dictators of the 20th Century and infused with the same sense of dread as The Others and The Omen, The Childhood of a Leader is an ominous portrait of emerging evil.

An American family settles into the French countryside at the end of the First World War, where the father is involved in the peace negotiations around the Treaty of Versailles. His wife is a devout Christian who struggles with the tantrums of their defiant son, whose willful outbursts begin to demonstrate a monster in the making.

Loosely inspired by the early childhood experiences of many of the great dictators of the 20th Century, The Childhood of a Leader is an ominous portrait of emerging evil.

The film won two major awards when it premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September 2015.

“In 1918, an American family sets up home in France, on the outskirts of Paris.

The father, Robert Lansing, works in the State Department of President Wilson and is very busy with his job, spending little time with his family. He works hard on the negotiations that will lead to a peace agreement.

At home, his very pious wife and young 7-year-old son wait for him. The boy is precocious and a challenge.

The political circumstances of the time lead to the inexorable rise of fascism in Europe, which is the background to the story of this little boy, divided between his beliefs and the political upsets going on around him.

His schemes, insignificant at the outset, become increasingly violent and are the sign of a political commitment of protest.

This makes us the witnesses to the birth of an egocentric personality endowed with an unusual degree of self-love and egotism.

This story draws freely on the childhoods of a good many dictators who left their mark on the 20th century.”